ShareAfter the announcement that iPhone jailbreaking has become legal in US, a malware-spreading campaign targeting the “iPhone unlocking” fans goes to confirm that cybercriminals never lack imagination.
Owners of iPhones are one step closer to taking total control of their widgets, after US pronounced legal the practice of “jailbreaking”, on Monday, the 26th of July 2010.
This means that anyone can jailbreak or unlock any cell phone without fear of legal consequences. Still, iPhone unlocking fans should pay attention to the software they download for this operation, because cybercriminals never sleep.
And this …

ShareThe Microsoft Security Essentials Beta is a fully functional anti-malware application with ongoing updates to help protect your PC from viruses, spyware and other malicious software throughout the course of the beta. In addition to ongoing virus and spyware definition updates, Microsoft said that they will be providing software updates to the beta for download through Microsoft Update on a periodic basis.

This beta is available only to customers in the United States, Israel (English only), People’s Republic of China (Simplified Chinese only) and Brazil (Brazilian Portuguese only).
This Beta …

SharePayPal, eBay, HSBC Top-Phished Institutions; China and Russia Hosting Majority of Malware – Predictions for Malware Activity Over The Second Half of the Year
Today BitDefender, released a report that found the first half of 2010 saw a rise of worms exploiting various Web 2.0 platforms. The report examined data from January through June 2010 and found social networks and Web 2.0 services have become one of the most valuable channels of malware dissemination during the last six months, while phishers focused on impersonating PayPal and eBay, …

ShareData Snatchers hide in even the most trusted websites, to steal your personal information: credit card details, private files & your identity.

The Data Snatchers move fast – a page that was safe yesterday may not be safe today – and your antivirus and firewall won’t help you.
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ShareA mass mail invitation to a suspicious “do-it-yourself” account hacking session puts Windows Live Messenger users at risk.
The e-mail marking the first step of this data harvesting scheme is very likely to go down in the history of cybercrime-generated fiction on human behavior – claiming that if you tell people something is illegal, they won’t do it. This is how the promised tool gets the thinnest of all legitimacy coatings: “This tool could be used by hackers to hack MSN password, it should not Windows Live password hacking is illegal! …

ShareSuccess stories are cybercriminals’ go to sources of victims and the iPad craze couldn’t have been left out of this picture. According to some reports, Apple sold 150.000 iPads in the first 60 hours of presale availability, with almost 100.000 of these coveted devices being pre-ordered in the first 10 hours. The figures make it clear as daylight why malware creators were so keen on crashing this promising party.
The invitation to the “contagious fiesta” comes via the e-mail: an unsolicited message instructs iPad users to download on their …